Richard A. Belkin, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Santa Barbara, CA
Richard A. Belkin, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Santa Barbara, California, and NPI 1659380178, issued on Aug 5, 2006. Check the license (California A65997, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard A. Belkin
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- A65997 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2403 Castillo St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
- Phone
- (805) 898-8840
- Enumerated
- Aug 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 14, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (805) 898-8842
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050128000846); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Perelman School Of Med At The University Of Pennsylvania, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2403 Castillo St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Richard A. Belkin in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A65997Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
77% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
2,517 Medicare Part D claims for 342 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 56% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta402 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa268 claims
- Anoro Ellipta126 claims
- Azithromycin105 claims
- Dupixent Syringe71 claims
- Trikafta69 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $16,715.41
124 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Insmed, Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Richard A. Belkin among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
Richard A. Belkin, MD is one of 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in California. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Richard A. Belkin, MD's NPI number?
Richard A. Belkin, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659380178, issued on Aug 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard A. Belkin, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2403 Castillo St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105. Phone: (805) 898-8840. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard A. Belkin, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A65997, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard A. Belkin, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard A. Belkin, MD had 2,517 Medicare Part D claims for 342 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard A. Belkin, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.4 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.